Human rights

Accountability

News

Chadians "mourn" while World Bank and oil companies celebrate pipeline

The coalition of Human Rights Associations in Chad has called for a national day of mourning on October 10, the date of the official inauguration of the Chad Cameroon Oil Pipeline.

8 October 2003

Environment

News

World Bank announces renewed big infrastructure push

The World Bank President has pledged that the Bank will revive its support for megaprojects and a new report expresses serious concerns about the Bank's track record in this area.

8 September 2003

Rights

News

Campaigners challenge legal basis of Baku-Ceyhan pipeline

Just after key project documents were released in June campaigners in Georgia and the UK filed legal challenges to the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline, raising awkward questions for the World Bank Group and other potential financiers.

21 July 2003

Environment

News

Le projet pétrolier Tchad-Cameroun: leçons préliminaires

Le projet p

25 May 2003

Conditionality

News

A human rights-based approach to PRSPs

A new report by the UN High Commission for Human Rights outlines guidelines for the implementation of a human rights-based approach to PRSPs.

1 April 2003

Rights

News

Bank President reply on human rights

James Wolfensohn recently replied to an NGO letter of last summer requesting clarification of what the Bank planned to do to implement a human rights agenda.

28 January 2003

Rights

News

Bank President reply on human rights

James Wolfensohn recently replied to an NGO letter of last summer requesting clarification of what the Bank planned to do to implement a human rights agenda. Wolfensohn said he recently met the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and reiterated that "continued dialogue with human rights groups as well as with governments and other stakeholders is quite important to the Bank". Yet the letter did little to take forward this dialogue, making vague references to collaboration in Po

28 January 2003

Rights

News

UK ministers urged to clarify position on Baku-Ceyhan pipeline

Following a visit to the UK by activists from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey UK groups have sent relevant UK ministers a memorandum outlining 10 sets of issues, including assessment, consultation and compensation as well as corruption, debt and legal issues. They are demanding a response before the IFC takes a decision to move the project into its decision-making cycle (posted 18 Nov. 02).

26 November 2002

Rights

News

Human rights: little progress

The Bank is taking a softly-softly approach to human rights despite announcements earlier in the year that it wanted to clarify its position.

26 November 2002

Rights

News

The World Bank at the World Summit: Green, Marxist or unchanged?

The World Bank has been very active at the Johannesburg summit.

17 September 2002